There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Chris Abernathy (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Chris Abernathy
Chris Abernathy narrates 124 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,065 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
474 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star is an audiobook by Rich Tupica: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Abernathy, released September 22, 2020, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chris Abernathy
- Released
- September 22, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781705259023
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star audiobook?
There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is the There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star?
There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star is narrated by Chris Abernathy.
Is There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.